Welcome back to Term 4, most Year 12's have left now and already hard at work cutting and baling hay, getting ready for harvest or completing CBH training which is fantastic news. If any Year 12 student is still looking for work for summer holidays or 2023, please get in touch, our employment board down on farm is full of opportunities.

Open Day Results

Farm – Prize Winners

Guess weight of baconer: Lynne Norwood

Guess weight of bull: Kelli Breen

Shearing Shed Placings:

1st place: Declan Crane

2nd place: Mitchel Baker

3rd place: Craig Spark

4th place: Ryan Tiller

5th place: Damon Topham

6th place: Frazer Sutherland

7th place: Max Chapman

8th place: Koltyn Sutherland

9th place: Braeden Tomlinson

Wool Handling Placings:

1st place: Danielle Iles

2nd place: Jorja Hamersley

3rd place: Imogen Will

4th place: Jillian Morris

Royal Show Farm Skills

Our students had been training hard over Term 3 ready to compete at the Farm Skills Competition for 2022 on the Thursday 22nd September 2022, but with a sudden cancelation due to the Queen's Public Holiday, the competition was unable to go ahead.

We would still like to acknowledge the students who put in the hard work to complete all the training. Our WACoA - Cunderdin three strong, skilled Farm Skills Teams were:

Max Chapman	Jillian Morris	Hayden Stewart
Jorja Hamersley	Bevan Norwood	Frazer Sutherland
Jasmin Hanlon	Jake Pickering	Koltyn Tholstrup
Danielle Iles	Jessie Read	Damon Topham
Ann Jacobs	Jacob Smith	Cody Walker
Craig Spark	Zarah Squiers	Jayden White

Perth Royal Show Results

Wayne Laird and Marika Martini, our sheep Technical Officers, headed down to the Royal Show with our wool, sheep and some keen students to compete in many events over the Royal Show week which saw some amazing results. We can't thank these two members of staff enough for opening amazing opportunities for the students to experience.

Saturday 24th September 2022

Novice Shearing: Braeden Tomlinson 5th

Novice Wool handling: Frazer Sutherland 2nd

Monday 26th September 2022

Young Judges Merino Sheep and Wool: No placings

Wether Challenge: 3rd in the meat and wool value (AWI)

Tuesday 27th September 2022

Shearing: Frazer Sutherland and Koltyn Tholstrup 2nd

Wool Handling: Danielle Iles and Imogen Will 2nd

Ewe Hogget Selection: Jorja Hamersley and Zarah Squiers 2nd

WACoA-Cunderdin Overall Winners

Friday 30th September 2022

Young Judges Meat Breeds: Zarah Squiers 1st

Wool Results

Ultra Fine Rams FLC: 1st

Super Fine Rams FLC: 1st

Fine Wool Rams FLC: 1st

Ultra Fine Ewe or Wether FLC: 1st

Super Fine Ewe or Wether FLC: 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Fine Ewe or Wether FLC: 1st

Pair of FLC: 1st

Champion Farmers Class Fine Ram FLC

Reserve Chamption Ewe or Wether FLC Farmers Class

Most points in Zone 3

Poll Dorset Sheep Results

Pair of rams 1 ½ years: 2nd

Scan class Balmoral: 6th

Grey home pair of rams 1 ½ years: 4th

Ram lamb born after 1st June: 1st

Ewe over 1 ½ years: 1st

Ewe under 1 ½ years: 5th

Group of 3 rams: 5th

2022 Weekend Duty Roster

It's that time of year when we need to be thinking about 2023 and ensuring we are working towards completing at least 2 weekend duty rosters during both Year 11 and 12 which is the requirement for the core unit of competency AHCWRK204 - “Work Effectively in the Industry”, required to complete Certificate II in Agriculture. The 2022 roster for Term 4 has a couple of free spots but we are giving the students the opportunity to fill the 2023 roster on weekends that will suit. I understand that there are dates that students can't work on weekends due to sporting commitments, birthdays, and other events, so we encourage the students to get in fast this term and select the dates they choose or they will be placed into weekends.

Just a reminder that swapping weekend roster is strongly discouraged but in the event this situation arises, students must give a valid reason, two weeks’ notice to myself, and finding another student to replace them. Students and parents have access to the roster through daily notices, Farm noticeboard, via email and parents can also access the information in the fortnightly College Chatter.

We are looking forward to having the Year 11's down on Farm this term, where they should get the opportunity to be rostered back onto enterprises and asking to be assessed in achieving some competencies. Term 4 will go quickly, so I recommend all the Year 11 students, take every opportunity they have on Farm, to complete what is required of them and have fun while doing it.

Madison Corsini

Assistant Farm Manager

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Term 4 Issue 1 · 12 Oct 2022

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